diff --git a/arch/um/Kconfig.common b/arch/um/Kconfig.common
index 85f6dd204ab616a7fdd6bc080310bfc4967c1ef5..5514ec52108fdaac180377268f4c84bbd3835c39 100644
--- a/arch/um/Kconfig.common
+++ b/arch/um/Kconfig.common
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ config UML
 	select HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
 	select GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES
-	select GENERIC_IO
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select HAVE_GCC_PLUGINS
 	select TTY # Needed for line.c
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/Kconfig
index 5a2d71729b9ace7a67e8216f7d5ba61fddb471d7..2a8ac6829d42b187e20f6f2a7c80b400d19a423b 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mtd/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 menuconfig MTD
 	tristate "Memory Technology Device (MTD) support"
-	depends on GENERIC_IO
 	help
 	  Memory Technology Devices are flash, RAM and similar chips, often
 	  used for solid state file systems on embedded devices. This option
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
index b1445b22a6def496d91bde16deb2b13a01a52915..994fa37a1d961c4c627d38c4df721e3e722c68dc 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/Kconfig
@@ -46,10 +46,6 @@ config GENERIC_IOMAP
 	bool
 	select GENERIC_PCI_IOMAP
 
-config GENERIC_IO
-	bool
-	default n
-
 config STMP_DEVICE
 	bool